homespun

Examples of homespun in the following topics:

• Women in the Revolution

  • Nonimportation and non-consumption became major weapons in the arsenal of the American resistance movement against British taxation without representation with women playing a major role in this method of defiance by denouncing silks, satins, and other imported luxuries in favor of homespun clothing, generally made in spinning and quilting bees.
  • In addition to boycotts of British goods, Patriot women participated in the Homespun Movement.
  • The practices of the Homespun Movement extended beyond cloth goods.

• Revolutionary Women

  • Women worked in the Homespun Movement.
  • In addition to the boycotts of British textiles, the Homespun Movement served the Continental Army by producing needed clothing and blankets.

• Nonconsumption and the Daughters of Liberty

  • The Daughters of Liberty used their traditional skills to weave and spin yarn and wool into fabric, known as "homespun".

• The Townshend Acts

  • The Daughters of Liberty used their traditional skills to weave and spin yarn and wool into fabric, known as "homespun."